: Re: What techniques authors use to keep track of their cast? There is a problem as stories progress (especially in never-ending web novels) where the cast of characters keep growing. Some webnovels

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Time for me to recommend one of my favorite webservices (free) again! Archivos!

Why I favor this is it allows you to define and keep track of relationships between everyone, and also to events (who was at the battle of tweedledee?) and places (was the doctor on Mars at the start of the battle, or in the command ship?)

This is link showing some works using it: blog.archivos.digital/archivos-story-samples/

Basically, everything is a Story Element.

From blog.archivos.digital/archivos-faqs/

You can choose from the following list to define the Type of Story Element you’re creating:

Person* – from protagonists to the smallest walk-on role
Region* – worlds, continents, countries, counties, mountain ranges, forests, etc.
Location* – towns, buildings, landmarks, ruins, etc.
Organization – governments, guilds, religions, cabals, corporations, etc.
Item – relics, artifacts, unique tools, cars, ships, etc.
Event* – battles, treaties, plagues, births, deaths, graduations, etc.
Culture– ethnicity, as well as speculative cultures (elves, dwarves, giants, aliens, etc.)
Discipline – magic, kung-fu, cloak fighting, psionics, etc.

*These Story Elements have additional unique properties:
Person allows the Storyteller to assign an optional gender (Male, Female, Other)
Regions and Locations allow Storytellers to assign map graphics to the Element and configure it for display in the Living Map (qv)
Events allow Storytellers to assign a date, date range, and/or time to the Event Element

So you can add relationships like work ones (hierarchy) or romantic, or who is in a group, etc. Each character can have an image, and there's space for all sorts of notes, etc.

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